Global communication as a standpoint

A critical engagement with research, pedagogy, and the profession through a global communication lens

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ID6442009
AuthorsKaterina Girginova (0000-0002-9840-9343, California University of Pennsylvania), Woori Han (0000-0001-9534-8509, University of Pennsylvania), Heather Jaber (0000-0002-6648-3936, Northwestern University Qatar, Qatar), Jinsook Kim (0000-0001-9144-6646, Emory University), Florence Madenga (0009-0004-5267-8697, Boston College), Mariela Morales-Suárez (0009-0002-9861-7932, University of Pennsylvania), María Celeste Wagner (0000-0002-8559-8202, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Jing Wang (0000-0002-7594-8539, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Year2024
Volume47
Issue1
Pages189-209
Publication date2024-09-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/01634437241277893
OpenAlexW4402878416
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited74

Grounded in the long tradition of embracing the global in communication and media studies and inspired by feminist standpoint epistemology, we argue that global communication can function as an epistemological standpoint. After summarizing the diverse and rich tradition of understanding the global in communication and media studies and beyond, we theorize that a global communication standpoint is characterized by a combination of four aspects that can be embraced across the discipline: contextualization, historical rootedness, attention to power, and engagement with issues of relationality and comparison. First, we offer examples of the four elements based on existing scholarship. Second, we analyze how these four elements can be embraced in pedagogy. Finally, we survey recent job market dynamics to analyze the definition of the global by professional practice. We conclude by arguing that the embracement of global communication as a standpoint can benefit research across our discipline, regardless of research questions, methods, contexts, or scholars’ identities

Engineering ethics · Lens (geology · Optics · Pedagogy · Sociology · Through-the-lens metering · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology

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